bartlett's war of the ghosts study

Question 1

what some strengths of the Bartlett’s war of the ghost study

Answer 1

-high ecological validity
-high in reliability as the results were constant
-lots of information and rich in detail

Question 1

what some weaknesses of the Bartlett’s war of the ghost study

Answer 1

-lack of standardisation
-it could be time consuming,difficult to analyse the data
-lock of mundane realism

Question 2

what were the aims of the Bartlett’s war of the ghost study

Answer 2

-whether the memory of a story is affected by previous knowledge
-to test if memory is reconstructive
if cultural background and unfamiliarity with a story would lead to distortion of memory when recalled

Question 3

what were the results of the Bartlett’s war of the ghost study

Answer 3

-7 out of 20 participants left out the title
-10 out of 20 participants transformed the title to ‘‘war-ghost story’’, others changed ‘canoes’ to ‘boats’
-much of the content was
-participants preserved the order of events and main themes in the story

Question 4

what was the conclusion of the Bartlett’s war of the ghost study

Answer 4

that memory is reconstructive and people will actively amend information in order to make it fit in with their own personal schemas and beliefs

Question 5

how many participated in the Bartlett’s war of the ghost study

Answer 5

-20 British participants
-7 women, 13 men

Question 6

what was the procedure of the Bartlett’s war of the ghost study

Answer 6

-each participant read the story 2 times
-first reproduction was 15 mins later
-participants recalled the story from 20 hours to 10 years